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Respite care

My primary live in PCA is wanting / needing to get away for a couple weeks. With a service connected SCI (c5), I could stay at a VA SCI center for that time but the closest one is 95 to 100 miles from my house in another state. Would VA pay to stay at a local respite care center for a couple weeks?

You should check with your local VA SCI spoke Clinic Coordinator (social worker). Respite is supposed to be provided for SCI veterans through their home VA, not at their VA hub center. This can be done either though a respite stay in the local CLC (Community Living Center) or by fee-basis to a community nursing home. Respite is granted for up to 2 weeks at a time, up to twice a year. You should also be able to get information about this from your PVA NSO.

[QUOTE=SCI-Nurse;1746652]Well, there does not appear to be a VA Support clinic at Allentown (is that a CBOC)?? You should be getting your regular day-to-day care at a SCI Support clinic; there is one at Wilkes-Barre:

THANK you KLD, you been helpful! I'll let you know what I find out. I am 80 miles from Wilkes Barre so I don't get there often. I know the social worker there, good man!